Medically reviewed by Femi Aremu, PharmD Zocor (simvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) are both statin drugs, which are ...

Cholesterol-lowering statins such as Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Crestor (rosuvastatin calcium ... but they have several other ...

Statin use is associated with an increased prevalence of microalbuminuria. Atorvastatin use is also related to a higher frequency of abnormally high UAE when compared with those patients taking ...

Drugs/Procedures Used Patients were randomized in a double-blind manner to pretreatment with atorvastatin (80 mg 12 hours prior to PCI and 40 mg immediately pre-PCI; n = 86) or matching placebo (n ...

Shah et al.'s post-hoc analysis of patients enrolled in the randomized, double-blind Treating to New Targets (TNT) trial has revealed that high-dose atorvastatin after CABG surgery reduces the ...